North Pass Fire
201243,653 acresCalifornia
The North Pass Fire burned 43,653 acres, about 68 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 18, 2012.
Watch how it happenedNorth Pass Fire · 2012
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 24% | 10,392 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 24% | 10,494 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 34% | 15,039 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 18% | 7,723 |
24% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 10,392 acres; 48% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Mendocino County | CA | 43,577 |
| Tehama County | CA | 111 |
Other large fires in California in 2012
- Rush Fire307,085 acres
- Barry Point Fire91,493 acres
- Chips Fire79,959 acres
- Bagley Fire47,705 acres
- Mill Fire29,899 acres
- Ponderosa Fire28,676 acres
- Reading Fire26,861 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.